⁍ Gymnasts from Japan, the United States, China and Russia will compete in a special meet in Tokyo next month.

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⁍ It is the first international event to be held at a Tokyo Olympic venue since the Games were postponed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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⁍ For the six American gymnasts who have elected to compete, it is a chance to be an Olympic trailblazer.

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– For the first time since the Olympics were postponed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an international event will be held at a Tokyo Olympic venue. The meet, which will feature gymnasts from Japan, the United States, China, and Russia, will be held Nov. 8 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and will be attended by 2,000 spectators, Reuters reports. “We are in a weird time for sporting events and so this is our chance to really go out there and kind of make things feel normal again,” says 23-year-old Yul Moldauer, a bronze medal winner at last year’s World Championships. “We get to go out there and compete, with everything running smoothly, other countries, other competitors, (and) other athletes will be like ‘wow, they have created a way it is safe.'” The meet was originally scheduled to be held in March but was postponed due to the outbreak of the virus. The United States will send just six athletes to Tokyo, with the rest coming from China, Russia, and Japan. “There are procedures we will have to follow but that is just life right now,” says Moldauer. “You have to knock down the doors and not let anything get in your way, just take it on, accept it, and prove to everyone that it is going to be okay.”